Floor Lamps
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Late 20th Century American Floor Lamps
Plaster
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Steel
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass, Metal
1970s European Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s American Bauhaus Floor Lamps
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal, Aluminum
1980s Dutch Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Floor Lamps
Iron
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
1950s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Glass
1970s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Floor Lamps
Nickel
1960s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Brass
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stainless Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Concrete, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Chrome
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal, Chrome
1950s French Vintage Floor Lamps
Leather, Acrylic
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Arts and Crafts Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Early 2000s Floor Lamps
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Floor Lamps
Metal
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Stoneware
2010s French Modern Floor Lamps
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Floor Lamps
Crystal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Ceramic
2010s Danish Floor Lamps
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Glass, Mirror
1970s Italian Vintage Floor Lamps
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Marble, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Floor Lamps
Aluminum
1950s Italian Other Vintage Floor Lamps
Metal
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Floor Lamps
Chrome
Antique, New and Vintage Floor Lamps
The modern floor lamp is an evolution of torchères — tall floor candelabras that originated in France as a revolutionary development in lighting homes toward the end of the 17th century. Owing to the advent of electricity and the introduction of new materials as a part of lighting design, floor lamps have taken on new forms and configurations over the years.
In the early 1920s, Art Deco lighting artisans worked with dark woods and modern metals, introducing unique designs that still inspire the look of modern floor lamps developed by contemporary firms such as Luxxu.
Popular mid-century floor lamps include everything from the enchanting fixtures by the Italian lighting artisans at Stilnovo to the distinctly functional Grasshopper floor lamp created by Scandinavian design pioneer Greta Magnusson-Grossman to the Paracarro floor lamp by the Venetian master glass workers at Mazzega. Among the more celebrated names in mid-century lighting design are Milanese innovators Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, who, along with their eldest brother, Livio, worked for their own firm as architects and designers. While Livio departed the practice in 1952, Achille and Pier Giacomo would go on to design the Arco floor lamp, the Toio floor lamp and more for legendary lighting brands such as FLOS.
Today’s upscale interiors frequently integrate the otherworldly custom lighting solutions created by a wealth of contemporary firms and designers such as Spain’s Masquespacio, whose Wink floor lamps integrate gold as well as fabric fringes.
Visual artists and industrial designers have a penchant for floor lamps, possibly because they’re so often a clever marriage of design and the functions of lighting. A good floor lamp can change the mood of any room while adding a touch of elegance to your entire space. Find yours now on 1stDibs.